Google OS - Gravity Jack.doc

A Gravity Jack White Paper
23403 E Mission Ave
Liberty Lake, WA 99019
(877) 691-3048
www.gravityjack.com
Google OS A Solution not an Alternative
By Adam Chronister, Marketing Director
Date
Contents Google OS
Desktop-based operating systems have been
Google OS 2 a core component to computers for the last
The Absence of a Desktop 3 few centuries yet Google’s Chrome OS
claims to eliminate the desktop all together.
Google Centric OS 3
Some feel that this approach is inline with
Apples Error 3 the uptrend in cloud computing and a natural
It Feels to Early 3 progression for the operating system while
others argue that this approach will only
benefit the less technical computer user who
only relies on their computer for menial web
related task. This document intends to look
at the reason why Google's Chrome OS may
not be the be-all and end-all in the ever-
competitive operating system space.
Chrome OS requires a Gmail account.
Although the Google operating system may
not be officially released for another year it
is currently available for testing and review
in the form of a virtual machine image. I
found one of these images over at gdgt.com
website. (http://gdgt.com/google/chrome-
os/download/) Like most operating systems
upon launch of the Chrome OS you are
presented with a login screen. Unlike typical
operating systems Chrome OS requires a
Gmail account. Your Gmail account is used
for the username and your emails password
doubles as the operating system password.
After login and launch you are given a full
screen window, which closely resembles
that of the Google Chrome web-browser.
Also included is a list of shortcuts to Google
related services and a few other web
applications.
Date
The Absence of a Desktop iPhone Apple announced they would be
The major flaw that I see in the developing and releasing a SDK (Software
Google OS operating system is the Development Kit). Since the release of the
very feature that makes this iPhone SDK and Apple app store the iPhone
operating system unique. This is the has revolutionized the way people use
absence of a desktop environment mobile devices. As intuitive as the iPhone
and native applications. The was with its touch screen controls it was
operating system makes the really the introduction of iPhone SDK and
assumption that you are always native applications that set the device apart.
online. Perhaps a similar model exist in the Google
OS future but for now Google OS seems to
Google Centric OS be little more then a glorified web-browser.
Given Google's business and revenue
models I can see how the company It Feels to Early
would like to steer people towards a The Google OS maybe a sign of things to
Google centric always online come in the operating system space however
operating system however this it still feels to early. Even as wired as we
approach makes little sense to the have become there are still situations where
user who is not always online. Say one may find that he or she wants to use
you are traveling and you are on an their computer despite not being online. The
airline that does not yet include in Google OS may be well suited for
flight Wi-Fi service, while others lightweight notebooks that have built in
next to you are listing to music, mobile broadband internet but I have a hard
watching movies, or working on a time believing that people are going to view
spreadsheet you have a laptop the Google OS as an alternative to their
system that will do little more then staple Windows, Mac or Linux operating
start up. systems.
Apples Error
Apple made a similar error early on
in development of the iPhone. When
the first iPhone was unveiled to the
public in 2007 there were only a few
propriety applications. If one wanted
to develop an application for the
iPhone they were expected to create
web applications that were only
assessable via the iPhones web-
browser. This limitation severely
limited developers as well as users
and any such applications required
an Internet connection for use. A few
months after the initial release of the